Yarrah Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Yarrah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
The alternate forms: Yarráh (1) are calculated separately.
Yarrah (13) may also be a first name.
Yarrah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yarrah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yarrah is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Yarráh. For other possible spellings of Yarrah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yarrah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most common last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 33 percent of Yarrah reside; 33 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 13 people.
This surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea Yarrah is most prevalent in: National Capital District, where 100 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 22 percent reside and India, where 11 percent reside.
Yarrah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Yarrah has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yarrah
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